Large Collection of Orrefors Crystal Glasses
View Similar Items
Large Collection of Orrefors Crystal Glasses
About the Item
Orrefors
The Swedish design philosophy of “beautiful things for everyday life” is actualized in the vintage glassware of Orrefors. Founded in 1898, this glass manufacturer was one of the leading companies in the Scandinavian modernism movement and is revered by collectors for the fine craftsmanship and innovation of its superlative art glass.
Orrefors began making art glass — works that, distinct from mass-production pieces, are made in small numbers to showcase the skills and talents of artists and artisans — in 1913. Two of the first artists hired by the firm were Simon Gate and Edward Hald, who worked initially in the organic Art Nouveau style, and later proved adept with the geometric imagery of the Art Deco period.
Hald and Gate worked closely with glassblowers to refine traditional glassmaking methods, creating new materials such as "graal" glass. In the graal technique a design made with colored glass is encased in layers of transparent glass, preserving the image while the overall glass form is worked and shaped. Orrefors won an international following when it presented such pieces in Paris in 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes — the design fair whose name gave rise to the term Art Deco.
In the years following that success, Orrefors attracted more dynamic and experimental artists such as Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Ohrström, who joined the company in the 1930s. Lindstrand and Ohstrom worked with glassblowers to create the "ariel" glass technique, an innovation that produces deeper, richer imagery that seems to morph and flow as light is refracted by the glass.
As you will see from the items offered on 1stDibs, there is a special aesthetic quality to vintage Orrefors glass. Whether a vase or a set of wine goblets, the work of this premier Swedish company represents the apex of functional artistry.
- Large collection Midcentury Orrefors Tulip Glasses Nils Landberg Sweden 1950sBy Nils Landberg, OrreforsLocated in Hillringsberg, SEWonderful collection of 9 tulip glasses in grey tinted blue colored and clear glass design. Manufactured at Orrefors in Sweden and design by Nils Landberg. Good vintage condition ...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
MaterialsArt Glass
$4,993 / setFree Shipping - Orrefors "Crown" Heavy Crystal BowlBy OrreforsLocated in St.Petersburg, FLAn interesting heavy crystal bowl by "Orrefors", Sweden. Signed with paper label.Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Modern Glass
- Set of 3 Crystal Pieces Art Deco Orrefors Simon Gate SwedenBy Orrefors, Simon GateLocated in Hillringsberg, SEThese three pieces from Orrefors Sweden where designed by Simon Gate in the 1930s. The name of them are "Tusen Fönster" a thousand windows. They are i...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Art Deco Glass
MaterialsCrystal
- Midcentury Sven Palmqvist Orrefors Kraka Crystal VaseBy OrreforsLocated in Hillringsberg, SEOrrefors blue yellow/green vase, designed by Sven Palmqvist. Wonderful glass with exceptional blue and yellow/green color that collaborates with the cl...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
MaterialsArt Glass
- 2 Pcs. Set of Baccarat Harcourt Empire Collection Crystal GlassesBy BaccaratLocated in Vilnius, LTSet of 2 pcs. Baccarat Harcourt Empire collection liqueur glasses. Marked on the bottom. Very good condition - like new.Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Glass
MaterialsCrystal
- Midcentury Collection of 12 Pieces Art Glass Nils Landberg Orrefors Sweden 1950sBy Nils Landberg, OrreforsLocated in Hillringsberg, SEThese 12 Swedish vintage Sommerso and dusk glass vases, produced circa 1950s-1960s by designer Nils Landberg for Orrefors, with smoked charcoal interior, cased within a clear layer. ...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsArt Glass
$3,606 / setFree Shipping